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Harriman

EDWARD HENRY, an American financier and railroad official, born at Hempstead, N. Y., in 1848. He was educated in the public schools and at Trinity School, New York City.

Entering commercial life at the age of fourteen, he advanced rapidly, and was a member of the Stock Exchange when barely past his majority. He was the founder of the banking and brokerage

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